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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-11
pubmed:abstractText
An immunohistochemical micromethod for quantification of fast-myosin in frozen histologic sections of rat skeletal muscles was developed. The principle of this method was enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). We used frozen tissue sections as models of the antigen-coated wells of ELISA plate. The intensity of immunoreactivity of the frozen section to an anti-fast-myosin monoclonal antibody was quantified directly from the color developed with the second antibody coupled with peroxidase using phenol-4-aminoantipyrine as a substrate. Then, the same section was incubated in 0.01 M acetic acid solution to cleave antigen-antibody complexes, followed by colorimetric measurement to obtain the absolute value of total protein per section. Fast-myosin content in the frozen tissue section was expressed as mg of fast-myosin per g of total protein. In this micromethod, the minimum area and the optimum thickness of the section were 5 mm2 and 10 microns, respectively. Fast-myosin contents in the extensor digitorum longus and soleus muscles were 185.0 +/- 6.1 and 17.5 +/- 2.4 mg/g, respectively. The results obtained by this micromethod were in good agreement with those obtained by two conventional methods, immunohistochemical morphometry and biochemical determination. This micromethod is useful for a quantitative evaluation of the contractile function of the mammalian skeletal muscles.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0916-7250
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
A new immunohistochemical method for quantification of fast-myosin in frozen histologic sections of the rat skeletal muscles.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't